Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contact he has had with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the introduction of a unique identifier postcode system; the safeguards that he will specify in relation to a unique identifier postcode model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37774/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Ireland is the only country in the EU and OECD which does not have a national postcode system.

In the context of the National Postcode Project, this Department has established ongoing communications with the Data Protection Commissioner. These communications address the implementation, dissemination and commercialisation of postcodes in order to ensure that all pertinent Data Protection Legislation is adhered to. Details of these measures will be made available during the procurement process.